A Virtual Cemetery created by Hugh Cowan U.E.

Mount Tegart Tottenham Ontario

it is likely that Sarah married after 1900 although there is no Marriage record found...."Wesley Donnell " lived in Portage la Prarie Manitoba in the 1901 census as a single person.......the name Donnell as "Sarah Donnel" is etched on the family tombstone at Mt Tagert Cemetery, if she married a Donnell she changed her name back to "Cowan".....The 1911census finds her living with her mother & sister in Cookstown as "Sarah Cowan"....She died on 21 Dec 1912.. death certificate found with name of "Sarah Donald" ( Not unususl to find these types of errors in the records) ,it indicates she was a widow....., there is a spelling error on her death registration,...There is a death of a "Peter James Wesley Donnell" who died 23 Jan 1911 age 38 in Cookstown who is likely her husband....... her d/cert. as "Sarah Donald" indicates she was a widow and parents are James & Margaret Cowan..Hugh I Cowan Great grandson of James & Margaret

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James Cowan Flowers have been left.

20 Feb 1839 – 9 Sep 1909

Tottenham, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada

Plot info: R10S8

Wesley Cowan Flowers have been left.

7 May 1888 – 10 Dec 1953

Beeton, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada

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